Physics Faculty Publish in High Impact Journals

Please join us in recognizing three outstanding faculty in the Division of Medical Physics who have published in high impact journals in 2020.

assistant professor

Izabella Baretto, PhD

Izabella Barreto, PhD

assistant professor

Stephanie Leon, PhD

Dr Stephanie Leon, Faculty

assistant professor

Bryan Schwarz, PhD

Brian "BC" Schwarz, PhD

Barreto, I; Pepin, E; Davis, I; Dean, C; Massini, T; Rees, J; Olguin, C; Quails, N; Correa, N; Rill, L; Arreola,  M; Comparison of Metal Artifact Reduction using Single-Energy CT and Dual-Energy CT with various metallic implants in cadavers. European Journal of Radiology. Accepted, in press.

De Prey J, Yu C, Echevarria FD, Barreto I, Rees JH, DeJesus RO, Simpkins AN. Iodinated contrast extravasation on post-revascularization computed tomography mimics magnetic resonance hyperintense acute reperfusion marker: a case study. Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases. 2020; 29(12).

Barreto I, Verma N, Olguin C, Quails N, Correa N, Mohammed TL. Patient size matters: Effect of tube current modulation on size-specific dose estimates (SSDE) and image quality in low-dose lung cancer screening CT. J Appl Clin Med Phys 2020; 21(4): 87

Leon S, Kobistek R, Olguin E, Zhang Z, Barreto I, Schwarz B. The helically-acquired CTDIvol as an alternative to traditional methodology. J Appl Clin Med Phys 2020; 21(8): 263-271.

Roa D, Moyses H, Leon S, Hamrick B, Sarria G, Li B, Tajima T, Necas A, Guzman C, Paucer O, Gonzales A, Challco R, Montoya M, Arqque Z, Gonzales A, Hernandez J, Drake J, Villane R, and Lea J. Dose Simulations of an Early 20th Century Kilovoltage Pneumonia Radiotherapy Technique Performed with a Modern Fluoroscope. Medical Dosimetry. 2020.

Roa D, Moyses H, Leon S, Hamrick B, Sarria G, Li B, Tajima T, Necas A, Guzman C, Paucer O, Gonzales A, Challco R, Montoya M, Arqque Z, Gonzales A, and Hernandez J. Letter to the Editor: Rationale for using a C-arm fluoroscope to deliver a kilovoltage radiotherapy treatment to COVID-19 patients. Medical Dosimetry. Online publication Aug 30, 2020

Schwarz, BC; Godwin, W; Wayson, M; Dewji, S; Jokisch, D; Lee, C; Bolch, W. Specific absorbed fractions for a revised series of the UF/NCI pediatric reference phantoms: Internal electron sources. Phys Med Bio Article reference: PMB-110651.R2

Schwarz, BC; Godwin, W; Wayson, M; Dewji, S; Jokisch, D; Lee, C; Bolch, W. Specific absorbed fractions for a revised series of the UF/NCI pediatric reference phantoms: Internal photon sources. Phys Med Bio Article reference: PMB-110650.R2